Exploration

1st to sail around (circumnavigate) the globe

• Magellan
• de Gama
• Columbus
• Dias

First European to sail around the southern tip of Africa

• B. Dias
• C. Columbus
• V. de Gama
• J. Cartier

Conquered the Inca

• Hernan Cortes
• Christopher Columbus
• Jacques Cartier
• Francisco Pizarro

Conquered the Aztecs

• Hernan Cortes
• Christopher Columbus
• Jacques Cartier
• Francisco Pizarro

Did not sail for Spain

• Columbus
• Pizarro
• de Gama
• Magellan

Main motivation for European exploration

• the need for Slave labor
• God, Gold, Glory
• to see if the earth was flat
• none of these are correct

Missionaries, forced conversion, and relocation is the main way this spread

• English language
• Christianity
• Smallpox
• livestock

Goods left markets in Europe and were traded for slaves in Africa. Slaves were traded in the Americas for resources. Resources were brought back to Europe.

• Columbian Exchange
• Triangle Trade
• East/West Exchange

As a result of Triangle Trade, Europeans began selecting slaves based on _____.

• Their religion
• Their culture
• Their race
• Their knowledge/skills

Reasons the Spanish easily conquered the Inca and Aztecs include all of the following except...

• Diseases
• Better weapons
• Christianity 
• Horses